Ilija Đukić (January 4, 1930 in
Novi Rujac – October 22, 2002 in
Belgrade) was a
Serbia
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n diplomat who held the post of Foreign Minister for the
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
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.
Career
Đukić attended the
Institute for Political Sciences in
Beijing
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,
China graduating in 1959.
The Yugoslav foreign service proceeded to give him a succession of posts in the
Far East
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The ter ...
, until he was moved to
Eastern Europe
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and
Moscow
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in the 1970s and 1980s.
In 1990, he again returned to Beijing, now as an Ambassador.
From 1992 to 1993, he was serving as the Foreign Minister of Yugoslavia.
His final post was as the Yugoslav Ambassador to China from 2000 to 2002.
References
External links
Ilija Djukic biographyat Republic of Serbia Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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1930 births
2002 deaths
Ambassadors of Yugoslavia to Bulgaria
Ambassadors of Yugoslavia to China
Foreign ministers of Yugoslavia